decamped; decamping; decamps
Examples of decamp in a Sentence
She took the papers and decamped.
He decamped to Europe soon after news of the scandal broke.
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In the earliest stages of A Night at the Opera, Queen decamped to Ridge Farm, an hour outside of London, to get some writing done.
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
In any constantly evolving metropolis, this is when restaurant rows and museum miles flash with glitzy new openings and exhibits, all of them ready to capture a local population that’s spent the last few months decamped somewhere else.
—Nikki Ekstein, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
The party intended to enjoy the summer in Geneva, in the shadow of Mont Blanc, but soon decamped to Cologny, farther north on the shore of Lake Geneva.
—Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
But the screenwriter never left, having decamped from Hollywood for the native Philadelphia suburbs which have essentially become his muse.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
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Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
In any constantly evolving metropolis, this is when restaurant rows and museum miles flash with glitzy new openings and exhibits, all of them ready to capture a local population that’s spent the last few months decamped somewhere else.
—Nikki Ekstein, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
The party intended to enjoy the summer in Geneva, in the shadow of Mont Blanc, but soon decamped to Cologny, farther north on the shore of Lake Geneva.
—Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
But the screenwriter never left, having decamped from Hollywood for the native Philadelphia suburbs which have essentially become his muse.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Decamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/decamp. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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